Halftime: Colts 17, Raiders 13

Indianapolis took a 17-13 lead on Peyton Manning’s 18-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Tamme,a drive helped by a 25-yard pass interference flag on Chris Johnson (minimal contact) and with skirmishes resulting in personal fouls on both sides.

The Raiders got in position for a 53-yard field goal attempt by Sebastian Janikowski at the gun, but he missed the kick after earlier converting from 59.

—The Colts went three and out following Janikowski’s field goal, with Michael Huff stopping Jacob Tamme a yard short on a 4-yard pass from Manning on third-and-5.

The Raiders then drove from their own 18 into Indianapolis territory, with Darren McFadden bursting for 26 yards on the first play, Campbell hitting a 9-yard pass to Louis Murphy on third-and-9 and a 9-yard pass to Chaz Schilens to the Indy 29 on third-and-4.

A 4-yard pass to Brandon Myers on third-and-6 brought out Sebastian Janikowski at the two-minute warning for a 38-yard field goal and a 13-10 lead. The kick fin

— Janikowski hammered a 59-yard field goal through the uprights with 9:31 to play at halftime as the Raiders tied the score following a 34-yard drive in nine plays. Oakland had its first two first downs of the game on the drive.

It was the second-longest field goal in Raiders history. Janikowski had a 61-yard field goal against Cleveland 364 days ago. Janikowski and Morten Andersen are the only two players in NFL history with two field goals of 59 yards or more.

—The Raiders stiffened to open the second quarter, forcing a chip-shot field goal by Adam Vinatieri after Chris Johnson broke up a second-and-7 Manning pass for Pierre Garcon and John Henderson batted down the third down throw.

A scary scene played out on Sunday in Cincinnati, where Chargers RB Mike Tolbert was taken off the field on a stretcher following a collision with two Bengals defenders.

Tolbert went down midway through the first quarter when he was hit by Reggie Nelson after a short run. Nelson appeared to hit Tolbert on the left side of the helmet. Tolbert did lower his head slightly, and appeared to be injured on the impact from Nelson, and not the ground. It left Tolbert face-down on the field, and motionless.

Players from both teams surrounded Tolbert as medical personnel immobilized him and strapped him to a body board before loading him on a stretcher. Because teams take every precaution available, there’s no indication to the severity of Tolbert’s condition to be taken from the scene on the field.

It was certainly encouraging to see Tolbert give a thumbs-up as he left the field, which drew a cheer from the crowd.

Tolbert was presumably taken to the locker room, and we’ll pass along any updates.

Sign free agents Harvey Dahl and Ryan Harris to shore up the right side of the line, make a run at WR Vincent Jackson, WR James Jones or CB Jonathan Joseph, and re-sign guys like Seymour, Miller, Gallery, and if possible Bush or Huff. Bring Satele and maybe Barnes back on the cheap… with another halfway decent draft, you’d be looking at a team that can play with the better teams in the league.

32.Plunketthead Says:
December 26th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Time for JC to prove he is worthy of wearing black and silver.

Come on Raiders!!
Lets win this one!!

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Yep, it’s gonna take great play the last two games to keep the job.

Even if jc plays well, we still need to draft a QB, and get another FA.

ENGLANDRAIDER

The play calling is bad and so is Campbell and the OL.
We didn’t get a first down until thirteen minutes into the second half.
And that’s against the 19th defense in the league.
Thirteen points at the half-by special teams!

Pls stop jerking off over the damn stats. DMC is getting as many carries as the game dictates. If you didn’t notice the Colts were stuffing the run in the 1st. They are only now getting something positive out of it after passing more.

DT42

more emphasis on run game, once you feed DMAC, work DHB on short and intermediate routes. Get Miller more involved. Ford for the deep stuff. On D stop those crossing routes and get more pressure on the Manning.